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THAT'S ALL COMING UP NEXT RIGHT HERE ON "BACKYARD FARMER."

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SO, JODY, YOU BROUGHT LITTLE THINGS IN BOXES.

>> YES.

WE'LL TRY TO KEEP THEM CONTAINED.

I BROUGHT SQUASH BUGS.

WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT THESE.

CAUSE THE SQUASH IS COMING IN REALLY WELL.

AND SO ARE THE BUGS.

SO, I'VE GO -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE.

I'VE GOT SOME -- >> BEAUTIFUL EGGS.

>> EGG CLUSTERS HERE ON PIECES OF THE LEAF.

SO, WHAT I DO WHEN I SEE THE CLUSTERS, AND THEY'RE NORMALLY LAID LIKE, I GUESS THE AVERAGE IS LIKE 20.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE MORE OR LESS.

THEY CAN BE ON THE TOP OF THE LEAF, UNDER THE LEAF, BY THE VEINS, ON THE STEMS.

THEY CAN GET PRETTY TRICKY.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU START PLANTING SQUASH, YOU GOT TO START, LIKE, MAINTAINING AND KEEP UP TO DATE SCOUTING YOUR SQUASH.

IF YOU CAN PICK THESE EGGS OFF THE PLANT, THEN IT WILL PREVENT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE LITTLE NYMPHS FROM FEEDING ON YOUR SQUASH.

IF YOU ARE OUT THERE, YOU MAY ACTUALLY SEE SOME ADULTS.

AND I THINK I'VE GOT TWO FEMALES IN HERE, BECAUSE THEY WERE ACTUALLY LAYING WHEN I CAUGHT THEM.

THESE ARE SOME SQUASH BUG ADULTS.

THESE ARE DEAD.

THESE ARE ONES I VACUUMED ACTUALLY OFF THE PLANT USING A BATTERY OPERATED VACUUM.

SO, WHEN YOU SEE THESE, AND THE NYMPHS ARE SMALLER AND THEY, OUT OF THESE EGGS, WILL JUST SCATTER.

SO, THAT'S WHY I USE THE VACUUM.

YOU CAN ALSO, I GUESS, DUMP THEM INTO A BUCKET OF SOAPY WATER.

BUT THE EGGS GOING TO BE ALL OVER.

SQUISH THOSE.

IT'S ABOUT THE WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE CYCLE.

AT THE END OF THE SEASON, THE ADULTS OVER WINTER AND SO YOU WANT TO CLEAN UP THE GARDEN.

ALSO, ANOTHER FORM OF LIKE IPM WOULD BE PLANTING SOME -- IT'S THE BLUE HUBBARD SQUASH IS THEIR FAVORITE.

SAME WITH SQUASH VINEBORE AND CUCUMBER BEATLES.

IF YOU CAN PLANT THAT ON THE EDGES OR OUT FURTHER FROM YOUR GARDEN, IT WILL ATTRACT THEM AND YOU CAN TREAT THAT PLANT.

OR SCOUT AND KILL THE BUGS THERE.

SO, GET OUT THERE AND JUST KEEP DOING THAT.

>> EXCELLENT.

THANKS, JODY.

ALL RIGHT, ROCH.

IRRIGATION.

>> IRRIGATION.

SO, I BROUGHT A SPRINKLER HEAD ONLY TO JOG MY MEMORY ABOUT WHAT WE'D PROBABLY OUGHT TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT.

RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN SEE THE OBVIOUS SHORTCOMINGS OF YOUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A PROLONGED DROUGHT.

AND -- AND NO WATER.

SO, IT'S REALLY SHOWING UP.

SO, THAT'S A GREAT TIME TO WALK YOUR SYSTEM.

RUN IT DURING THE DAY.

BECAUSE NORMALLY YOU'D RUN IT AT PREDAWN OR EARLY MORNING.

RUN IT DURING THE DAY FOR THOSE THAT HAVE INGROUND SYSTEMS.

ALSO, WITH THE INGROUND SYSTEMS, THERE IS A TEMPTATION DURING THIS WEATHER TO REALLY PUMP THE WATER TO THE SYSTEM.

BUT WITH OUR SOILS, IF YOU PUMP IT MOST OF IT RUNS OFF.

SO, LET'S BE A LITTLE MORE CONSCIOUS OF THAT.

AND IF YOU DO NEED TO WATER MORE FREQUENTLY, BUT STILL DAILY IRRIGATION IS PROBABLY NOT A GREAT IDEA EVEN NOW.

IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING OUR LEAD AND NOT HAVING THE SYSTEM ON AUTOMATIC, THEN CERTAINLY YOUR ROOTS HAVE GONE DOWN DEEP AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE BETTER OFF.

BUT IF YOU'VE BEEN ON AN EVERY OTHER DAY OR AN EVERYDAY SYSTEM, CERTAINLY, YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO CONTINUE THAT DURING THIS PROLONGED LACK OF PRECIPITATION.

BUT TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SYSTEM.

WALK AROUND.

PUT A FLAG IN.

BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO WORK ON THE SYSTEM NOW BECAUSE IT MIGHT IT MAY GO DOWN SOUTH WHILE WE'RE IN THE WORST PART OF THE YEAR.

WAIT UNTIL IT COOLS OFF LATER NEXT WEEK AND THEN FIX THE HEADS THAT YOU MARKED AS HAVING A PROBLEM OR THE VALVE AS HAVING A PROBLEM.

SO, IRRIGATION IS REALLY A GREAT THING TO HAVE IN THE GROUND.

BUT DOESN'T COME WITHOUT SOME MAINTENANCE.

>> THANK YOU, ROCH.

ALL RIGHT.

LOREN, WHAT DO WE HAVE?

>> I BROUGHT ALONG A SPINACH LEAF TONIGHT FROM MY GARDEN.

A LOT OF OUR VIEWERS HAVE YELLOW NUTSEDGE AND THEY MAY TRY TO CONTROL THAT.

AND AS WE GET A CLOSE UP HERE, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF LITTLE LEAF SPOTS ON MY SPINACH LEAF.

YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S PRETTY UNIFORM.

BUT JUST KIND OF SPREAD ALL OVER.

AND SOME PEOPLE MIGHT LOOK AT THIS AND THINK THEY HAD SOME SORT OF A BACTERIAL SPOT DISEASE OR FUNGAL DISEASE ON THEIR LEAF.

BUT IN FACT, THIS JUST DRIFT FROM LOREN'S OVERAGGRESSIVE ACTION TO TRY TO CONTROL SOME YELLOW NUTSEDGE.

>> OOPS.

>> THAT MAYBE YOU WENT A LITTLE AWRY.

SO, THIS IS PPO HERBICIDE INJURING.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE BURNT SPOTS.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE INJURY THAT WON'T NECESSARILY BE AS ROUND AND LITTLE SPOTS SPREAD OUT.

BUT FROM JUST WATER ON THESE HIGH TEMPERATURE DAYS WITH FULL SUN.

SO JUST A COUPLE THINGS NOT DISEASE.

BUT JUST FOR DIAGNOSICS AND TO REMIND EVERYBODY TO BE CAREFUL WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE USING THEIR HERBICIDES.

AND I NEED TO REMIND MYSELF SOMETIMES.

>> EXCELLENT.

ALELLY, YOU HAVE THE BEAUTY ON THE TABLE TONIGHT.

>> I DO.

I HAVE THE PRETTY ONE.

NOW, THAT WE CAN -- SOME MIGHT ARGUE.

BUT I JUST -- I JUST BROUGHT A COMBINATION OF ANNUALS HERE.

ANNUALS, YOU KNOW, WE PLANT THEM EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

AND A LOT OF COLOR.

THEY'RE REALLY STARTING TO HIT THEIR PEAK.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A LONG SEASON OF COLOR.

AND SO, I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE GREAT -- WE USE THEM IN CONTAINERS A LOT.

BUT THEY'RE REALLY GREAT TO TUCK IN HERE AND THERE.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF PERENNIALS.

BUT PERENNIALS KIND OF MOVE AROUND AND DIE HERE AND KIND OF MOVE A LITTLE BIT.

SO, I HAVE BARE AREAS.

IT'S JUST GREAT TO TUCK IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT ANNUALS.

YOU HAVE TO PLANT THEM EVERY YEAR.

BUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY THAT EXPENSIVE.

AND CAN YOU JUST DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO, THIS IS SNAPDRAGON IS A YELLOW ONE.

SALVIA, AND THEN THERE'S A DIANTHUS HERE.

>> EXCELLENT.

THANKS, KELLY.

ALL RIGHT, JODY, FIRST ROUND OF QUESTIONS.

FIRST ONE COMES TO US FROM LINCOLN.

GREAT PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

IT'S WHO'S EGGS ARE THESE?

IS THIS A GOOD BUG OR A BAD BUG?

>> OKAY, SO THESE ARE AN EGG CLUSTER FROM STINK BUGS.

I CAN'T REALLY SAY WHICH SPECIES.

BUT MAYBE YOU KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THEM EMERGE.

DEPENDING ON WHAT IS AROUND OR WHAT KIND OF HOST PLANTS YOU MAY BE GROWINGM COULD BE A GOOD BUG OR BAD BUG.

IT'S HARD TO SAY.

IT'S USUALLY ABOUT THE SITUATION AND POPULATION.

THIS AMOUNT ON THAT PLANT IS PROBABLY NOT BAD.

BUT IF YOU'VE GOT LIKE A GARDEN AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUGS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO, IT DEPENDS IF IT'S A GOOD BUG, BAD BUG.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> IT'S STINK BUGS.

>> YOUR SECOND ONE, CARLTON, NEBRASKA.

BUGS IN SQUASH GRADUALLY KILLING ZUCCHINI AND PATTY PAN SQUASH.

SHE'S USED SEVEN ON THEM.

IS THERE SOMETHING YOU CAN -- SHE CAN USE AND WILL IT ALSO KILL HER MELON PLANTS?

>> OKAY, SO THESE ARE THE SQUASH BUGS THAT I SHOWED EARLIER.

I MEAN SEVEN DOES WORK IF YOU CAN CONTACT THEM, THE NYMPHS.

IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT THE EGGS.

SO, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO WANT TO PICK THOSE OFF.

THEY WILL AFFECT THE CUCURBITS.

BUT MOSTLY THE SUMMER SQUASH AND ZUCCHINI IS WHAT THEY LIKE THE MOST.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOUR NEXT ONE COMES TO US FROM WAYNE, NEBRASKA.

AND IT'S THIS YELLOW INSECT THAT KEEPS COMING TO THE BUTTERFLY HOUSE.

GOOD BUG OR BAD?

>> IT'S A CUCUMBER BEETLE.

IF YOU'VE CUCUMBER, THEN IT'S BAD.

A LOT OF TIMES -- I SAY THEY HAVE MANY DIFFERENT HOST PLANTS.

SO, THEY'RE NOT LIKE A POLLENATOR HABITAT.

THEY'RE NOT TOO DAMAGING.

BUT, YEAH, CUCUMBER BEETLE.

AND BUTTERFLY HOUSES, BUTTERFLIES DON'T REALLY GO INTO THE HOUSES.

>> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

ROCH, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE.

THIS IS LAVISTA.

WEEDY NASTY GRASS CAME IN ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO.

SHE HAS A GOOD DESCRIPTION HERE.

SHE'S PULLED AND PULLED.

SHE TRIED A BERMUDA GRASS CONTROL WITH LITTLE SUCCESS.

>> WELL, IT IS BERMUDA GRASS.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN TELL IT FROM ZOYSIA GRASS BECAUSE BERMUDA GRASS HAS A FOLDED LEAF END.

ZOYSIA GRASS HAS A ROLLED LEAF.

BUT THAT ASIDE THIS IS BERMUDA GRASS.

EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE.

AMONG THE TOP TEN WEEDS IN THE WORLD ACCORDING TO THE WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

EXTREMELY INVASIVE.

YOU JUST HAVE TO BE PERSISTENT WITH A GLYPHOSATE BASED PRODUCT.

WIPE IT DOWN, YOU KNOW, WITH -- BY PROTECTING YOUR HAND.

BUT THEN HAVING A COTTON GLOVE ON WITH A PLASTIC GLOVE -- COTTON GLOVE AND JUST WIPE IT ON THERE.

BE PERSISTENT.

AND ULTIMATELY, YOU'LL -- IT DOESN'T SPREAD BY SEED IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD.

BUT IT CAN CONTINUE TO -- SO, YOU WANT TO GET ON THIS RIGHT AWAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> THIS IS BERMUDA GRASS.

>> OKAY.

YOUR NEXT TWO PICTURES COME TO US FROM NORTH PLAT.

STARTED SHOWING UP IN HIS BACKYARD THIS YEAR.

FAST GROWING.

WHEN HE MOWS AND A COUPLE DAYS THEY'RE TWICE AS TALL AS THE BLUEGRASS.

SO, WHAT DO WE THINK?

>> WELL, SO, IF YOU LOOK ON THAT PICTURE IN THE SMALLER GRASS IS BLUEGRASS.

YOU CAN -- I CAN TELL THAT THAT'S BLUEGRASS.

AND THIS LOOKS TO ME LIKE CORN SEEDLINGS.

I'M SURPRISED THEY'RE GROWING BACK AFTER THEY'RE MOWED.

BUT IF THEY HAVE A FEEDER, THEY'RE FEEDING SQUIRRELS, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL OFTEN MOVE THE CORN AND THE CORN SEED AND REPLANT IT.

I HAVE IT IN MY YARD.

BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT FEEDS A LOT OF CORN TO THE SQUIRRELS.

SO, I'M GUESSING IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW, SHOULD MOW OFF WITH PERSISTENT MOWING.

IF IT CONTINUES TO GROW, THEN WE PROBABLY NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT AGAIN.

I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THIS IS CORN GROWING FROM A FEEDER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE MORE PICTURE HERE.

THIS IS OMAHA.

SHE HAS A 25-YEAR-OLD WHITE PINE HAD LOWER BRANCHES REMOVED.

SHE'S BEEN DOING SOME INTERESTING THINGS LIKE POURING TEA LEAVES INTO THE CRACKS.

DUG IT UP.

SHE CAN'T GET TURF TO GROW UNDER HERE.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SAY?

>> WE'RE GOING TO SAY YOU CAN'T GET TURF TO GROW UNDER THERE.

>> EXACTLY.

>> BECAUSE I MEAN THE SOIL IS ACIDIC.

THAT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM.

BUT IT'S ALSO -- IT LOOKS LIKE A HEAVY CLAY.

IT IS CRACKING.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T GET ENOUGH WATER ON IT BECAUSE THE PINE TREE IS A WHITE PINE, RIGHT?

>> MM-HM.

>> THE PINE TREE HAS A SHALLOW ROOT SYSTEM.

IT'S GOING TO BE SUCKING UP THAT MOISTURE.

SO, YOU PROBABLY NEVER GOING GET GRASS ESTABLISHED UNDER THERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TAKE THAT AS A CHALLENGE AND SEE IF YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.

BUT, I'M GOING TO SAY -- SUGGEST -- AND I SHOULD MENTION SOMETHING ABOUT GROWING VINCA.

IT JUST HAS AND ESTABLISHED -- I WOULD STILL MULCH THAT UNDER THERE AND QUIT TRYING TO GROW GRASS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, ROCH.

OKAY, LOREN.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS IS A DWIGHT, NEBRASKA VIEWER.

LEAVES ON ZUCCHINI AND CUCUMBER SHE'S DESCRIBING AS PEBBLED OR MOSAIC LIKE.

THEY'RE IN SEPARATE GARDENS AND THEY'RE NOT AFFECTING THE PRODUCTION OF THE FRUIT.

>> COUPLE THINGS.

IF THESE ARE INDIVIDUAL PLANTS THAT LOOK LIKE THIS WHICH IS WHAT I SUSPECT, THIS IS A VIRUS INFECTION PROBABLY SQUASH MOSAIC VIRUS.

YOU WOULD WANT TO ROGUE THOSE PLANTS OUT SO IT DOESN'T SPREAD.

IF ALL THE PLANTS LOOK LIKE THIS, I WOULD WONDER IF -- IF OTHER VEGETABLES IN THE GARDEN WOULD POSSIBLY HAVE A HERBICIDE DRIFT.

BECAUSE VIRUSES AND HERBICIDES CAN LOOK A LOT THE SAME.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE GARDEN.

IF IT'S JUST ONE, THEN ROGUE IT OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU'RE NEXT ONE COMES TO US FROM IDA GROVE, IOWA.

SHE WONDERS WHAT IS ON THIS TOMATO PLANT.

>> AND THIS IS INTERESTING.

CAUSE I -- WHEN WE SEE GROWTHS LIKE THIS, WE TEND TO THINK CROWN GULL ON TOMATO.

BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T LOOK LIKE CROWN GULL TO ME.

AND I LOOKED QUITE A BIT AT THIS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE IS IT.

IF IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IF IT'S THE ONLY PLANT LIKE IT, I WOULD ROGUE THE PLANT OUT.

IF SEVERAL PLANTS LOOK LIKE THAT, AGAIN, AND THERE IS GROWTHS LIKE THIS, I THINK THERE COULD BE SOME SORT OF A HERBICIDE INJURY AND I DON'T KNOW, ROCH, YOU HAVE GROWTHS LIKE THAT AT BASES.

BUT IT'S NOT CROWN GULL.

BUT IT LOOKS LIKE CROWN GULL.

>> OKAY, ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE MORE PICTURE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM HICKMAN.

BLOTCHY TOMATOES.

SHOULD SHE PULL THE PLANT OR PICK THE AFFECTED TOMATOES OR WHAT?

>> WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS.

YOU CAN ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL MULTICOLORED FRUIT THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE AS PALATABLE AS WHAT THE FRUIT WOULD BE IF IT DIDN'T.

THIS IS A PLANT THAT'S INFECTED PROBABLY WITH TOMATO SPOTTED WILT VIRUS.

OR ONE OF OUR VIRUSES.

IF YOU HAVE OTHER TOMATOES, I WOULD SURE ROGUE THIS ONE OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> IF IT'S THE ONLY ONE, THOUGH, JUST ENJOY IT.

>> YOU'RE HAVING A ROGUING NIGHT.

ROGUE IT OUT.

>> GOING ROGUE.

>> OKAY.

KELLY, TWO PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS IS A HASTINGS VIEWER.

SHE SAYS HER LYNDON LOOKS LIKE IT IS DYING.

THE TRUNK IN PARTICULAR SHE'S, I THINK WE HAVE A PICTURE HERE.

IS THIS A BORE OR WHAT?

AND CAN SHE SAVE THE TREE?

>> YEAH.

IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT'S DECLINING.

IT'S KIND OF THINNING.

FOLIAGE LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OFF COLOR.

I DON'T THINK -- IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A BORE TO ME.

THERE IS -- IT'S HARD TO -- I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, IF I COULD X-RAY YOUR TREE OR DO AN AUTOPSY, I COULD MAYBE TELL YOU FOR SURE THAN AN EDUCATED GUESS.

BUT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN SOMETHING FROM, YOU KNOW, THE LAWNMOWER HITTING IT OVER THE YEARS MANY YEARS AGO.

AND JUST STARTED TO GET A DECAY OR SOMETHING IN THERE AND STARTED TO DECLINE.

AND IS ONE POSSIBILITY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

A QUARTER OF HIS BIRCH IS TURNING LIGHT GREEN, ALMOST YELLOW.

SO, PLANTED FIVE YEARS AGO.

WHAT DO YOU THINK HERE?

>> OKAY.

WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE A CHLOROSIS.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE YELLOWING OF THE LEAVES.

AND THE VEINS ARE A DARKER GREEN.

AND RIVER BIRCH DOES -- I DO SEE CHLOROSIS IN RIVER BIRCH QUITE A BIT.

THAT ISN'T -- SOMETIMES IT'S IN THE LAWN THOUGH WHERE YOU GET A LITTLE TOO MUCH IRRIGATION AND THAT -- YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTES TO IT.

IT DOESN'T CAUSE IT.

IT CONTRIBUTES TO IT.

AND THEN I SAW IN A LANDSCAPE BED.

SO, JUST MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T GET TOO WET.

YOU COULD TRY A FERROUS SULPHATE TREATMENT.

IT MIGHT HAVE -- THERE'S A REALLY CLUMP OF TRUNKS.

IT WAS PROBABLY IN A CONTAINER.

THE'RE VERY TIGHT TOGETHER.

THEY MAY BE CAUSING A LITTLE BIT OF ISSUES.

IT'S RESTRICTING MOVEMENT OR -- OF THE NUTRIENTS THROUGHOUT THE TREE AS WELL.

AND THAT MAY BE WHY IT'S ON ONE SIDE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE MORE QUESTION.

THIS IS A PAW-PAW.

SHE SAYS WILTED LEAVES.

NOT THE WHOLE TREE.

STARTED ON ONE SIDE.

NOW SPREADING.

BUT THE LEAVES DON'T DIE.

THEY'RE JUST LIKE THAT.

>> THIS LOOKS LIKE HERBICIDE INJURY TO ME.

WHICH WE JUST CONTINUE TO SEE QUITE A LOT OF, SO DON'T APPLY HERBICIDES ABOVE 80, 85 DEGREES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> BE CAREFUL.

>> THANKS, KELLY.

WELL, FOR OUR FIRST FEATURE TONIGHT, WE'RE TAKING YOU OUT TO SOME WONDERFUL FIELDS OF PURPLE.

LAVENDER THAT IS.

I MET JERRY AND HOLLY McCABE OF SLEEPY BEE LAVENDER FARM AT THE FARMER'S MARKET HERE IN LINCOLN AND THEY ARE GOING TO TELL US HOW THEY GROW THIS FINICKY BUT FRAGRANT FLOWER HERE IN NEBRASKA.

>> WE START A LITTLE LAVENDER FIELD BACK IN 2018, FOUR YEARS AGO.

KIND OF STRUGGLED THROUGH WINTERS AND LEARNING DIFFERENT THINGS.

BUT WE MANAGED TO GROW A LITTLE LAVENDER FIELD IN NEBRASKA.

THIS IS NEBRASKA.

YOU CAN GROW ANYTHING IN NEBRASKA, RIGHT?

THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY TRUE.

LAVENDER IS A MEDITERRANEAN PLANT.

IT DOESN'T LIKE ANYTHING WE HAVE ABOUT IN NEBRASKA.

WE DID SOME RESEARCH.

WE FOUND A SPECIALIZED PLANT THAT WAS BRED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS AREA.

IT ADAPTS TO HIGHER HUMIDITY A LOT BETTER IT ADAPTS TO COLDER TEMPERATURES A LOT BETTER.

AND IT'S CALLED PHENOMENAL.

AND THIS IS THE MAIN ONE WE GROW.

IT GETS ABOUT THREE FEET IN SIZE BY THIRD YEAR.

AND IT LASTS FOR ABOUT 15 TO 20 YEARS.

LAVENDER HATES NEBRASKA, BASICALLY.

IT LIKES DRY ROCKY SOILS.

IT LIKES LOW RAIN, NO FERTILIZER.

ALL THE OPPOSITE WE HAVE HERE.

WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF AMENDING TO THE SOIL.

WHEN WE FIRST PLANTED, WE ADDED SOME LIMESTONE DUST TO GET THE PH RIGHT.

WE ADDED SOME LIMESTONE ROCK OR SOME PEA SIZE ROCK.

YOU NEVER WANT TO ADD SAND TO CLAY SOIL.

YOU'LL GET CEMENT.

SO YOU HAVE TO GET A LITTLE BIGGER ROCK IN THERE.

WE ALSO ADDED WELL OLD HORSE MANURE TO TRY TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BETTER DRAINAGE TO THE SOIL.

SO WE'VE GOT THE LIMESTONE ROCK AND THE HORSE MANURE FOR THE DRAINAGE.

THAT REALLY HELPS KEEPS THE LAVENDER FROM GETTING WET FEET.

WHAT LAVENDER DOESN'T LOVE IS HAVING THE ROOTS SIT IN STANDING WATER, STILL WATER.

THEY GET ROOT ROT.

THEY'RE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO ROOT ROT.

THAT MAINLY IS WHAT KILLS MOST LAVENDER PLANTS IN NEBRASKA.

A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN'T GROW LAVENDER IN NEBRASKA BECAUSE THEY OVERWATER IT.

THAT IS USUALLY A LOT OF THE TIMES I FIND WHAT THE ISSUE IS.

THE OTHER MAIN ISSUE IS OUR WINTERS.

THEY DON'T LOVE OUR WINTERS.

THEY LIKE DRY, WARM CLIMATES.

SO WE HAVE TO -- WE FOUND A VARIETY IN PHENOMENAL AND ENGLISH VARIETIES THAT WE GROW THAT WILL BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE TEMPERATURES DOWN TO ABOUT 20 BELOW.

AND THEN WE ALWAYS USE ROW COVERS, WHICH IS A HEAVY DUTY BLANK, ALMOST THAT WE PUT OVER THE TOP OF THE PLANTS GOING INTO WINTER.

AND THAT PROTECTS THEM AGAIN UP TO ABOUT 10 MORE DEGREES.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MAIN ISSUES.

WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ISSUES WITH DEER, RABBITS OR BUGS TOO MUCH.

OF NONE OF THAT STUFF REALLY LIKES LAVENDER.

WE SPECIALIZE IN ANOTHER KIND OF NICHE.

WE'RE A NICHE MARKET OF LAVENDER IN NEBRASKA AS IT IS.

BUT THEN ANOTHER NICHE WE SPECIALIZE, ALL WE GROW IS CULINARY LAVENDER.

SO LAVENDER, IT IS AN HERB AKIN TO ROSEMARY.

IN THE MINT FAMILY.

SO IT CAN BE USED FOR ALL SORTS OF BAKING, COOKING, AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

WE DO THE CULINARY LAVENDER.

WE ALSO HAVE ALL SORTS OF BED AND BATH PRODUCTS.

CANDLES, LOTIONS, SOAPS, AND JUST MANY, MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, PILLOW MIST.

ALL SORTS OF FUN THINGS CAN YOU USE AROUND THE HOUSE, ON YOUR BODY, FOR PERFUME, SCENTS, JUST SMELLING WONDERFUL AND RELAXING WITH THE LAVENDERS.

>> SO THANKS TO JERRY AND HOLLY FOR SHOWING US THAT FARM.

LETTING US KNOW THAT LAVENDER CAN BE GROWN IN NEBRASKA.

KELLY, YOU SAID THERE IS ANOTHER FARM OUT BY YORK.

SO IT'S JUST THAT IT DOESN'T WANT TO LIVE IN MOST PEOPLE'S GARDENS.

ALL RIGHT.

YOUR TURN, JODY.

THIS IS ONE PICTURE FROM A VIEWER IN OMAHA.

WHITE PINE BRANCHES.

POWDERY SUBSTANCE LIKE LINT.

ON A 50 FOOT WHITE PINE.

WHAT IS IT?

>> THAT'S LIKE SNOW.

IT IS PINE BARK ADILJID.

IT'S KIND OF AN AFID LIKE INSECT THAT PRODUCES THIS WAX, THIS PROTECTION.

AND REALLY HEALTHY TREES WILL NOT AFFECTED BY IT.

SO IF YOU DON'T REALLY LIKE IT, YOU CAN SPRAY IT WITH WATER.

>> OKAY.

PERFECT.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE.

AND FROM MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE.

MAGNOLIAS, OF COURSE, TINY WHITE CIRCLES AND THEN ALL THE SHINY SAP AND ALL THE BLACK.

>> MAGNOLIA SCALE LIKE EVERY YEAR.

AND WITH A LOT OF THE MAGNOLIAS WE HAVE AROUND HERE.

SO THESE SCALE INSECTS ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SCALES THERE.

AND THEY PRODUCE THIS HONEYDEW.

THE HONEYDEW DRIPS DOWN ON THINGS BELOW THE PLANT AND CREATES SITTING MOLD.

SO, THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.

AND I BELIEVE IT'S NOT THEIR TREE.

>> RIGHT.

>> OR ONE OF THE -- YEAH.

AND SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET THE SITTING MOLD OFF.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TRY TO TREAT THE TREE WHEN THE CRAWLER STAGE IS EVIDENT AND THAT'S USUALLY IN THE LATE SUMMER.

SEPTEMBER.

>> OKAY.

SO KEEP WATCHING FOR CRAWLERS.

ONE MORE PICTURE.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW IF SHE CAN LEAVE THE BEES IN THE TREE, WOOD PECKERS MADE A HOLE.

SQUIRREL MADE A HOME.

SHE PUT A MESH OVER IT AND HERE CAME THE BEES.

>> THEY'RE PROTECTED.

SO YEAH, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO ESCAPE THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY.

SO IF YOU GOT ALL THESE LIVING IN THE TREE, IT'S AN INDICATION THAT THERE IS SOME HOLLOW PLACES IN THERE.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW -- IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHERE IT IS IN THE TREE, RIGHT?

I GUESS?

HORTICULTURE PERSON.

RIGHT?

SO IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT IT, MAYBE CONTACT ANN ARBORIST BUT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE HAPPY THERE.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS JODY.

OKAY ROCK, THREE PICTURES ON THIS.

THESE COME TO US FROM DOWNINGTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

SO CONTRACTOR REGRADED THE YARD.

USED CONTAMINATED GRASS SEED.

FEW MONTHS LATER HERE COMES THIS.

HE CANNOT FIGURE IT OUT.

HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO CONTROL IT.

>> SO THIS IS PRAIRIE CUP GRASS.

IT WAS DIFFICULT AT FIRST BECAUSE IT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO WOOLY CUP GRASS EXCEPT I DIDN'T SEE THE PRESENCE OF HAIR IT IN.

I DIDN'T KNOW PRAIRIE CUT GRASS EXISTED.

SO KUDOS TO THE VIEWER FOR SENDING THREE GREAT PICTURES.

IT IS AN ANNUAL.

IT CAN BE EXTREMELY INVASIVE.

PROLIFIC SEED PRODUCER.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS MOST OF THE PRE-EMERGENTS WILL WORK ON IT.

SO ON THE LANDSCAPES SOMETHING LIKE PREEN AND IN THE LAWN ANY OF THE CRAB GRASS PREVENTERS SHOULD DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB ON IT.

>> GREAT.

THANK YOU.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM NORMAN, OKLAHOMA.

THEY PULLED IT OUT LAST YEAR FROM THE ROOTS.

IT CAME BACK THIS YEAR.

AND IT IS 6 FEET TALL.

>> YEAH, IT'S JOHNSON GRASS.

WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE FOR THE HOMEOWNER.

I WANT TO BE SYMPATHETIC.

THE RHYMESOMES ON THAT THING ARE AS BIG AROUND AS YOUR THUMB.

IT'S EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE, EXTREMELY INVASIVE.

THEY NEED TO GET ON IT WITH MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS OF TARGETED SPRAYS OF GLYPHOSATE WOULD DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB IN THE LANDSCAPE BED.

JUST KEEP THE GLYPHOSATE OFF EVERYTHING ELSE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS ROCK.

>>> LAUREN, TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A LILAC.

AND SHE SAID THESE PATCHES APPEARED ON THE BARK LAST YEAR.

THE PLANT IS EIGHT YEARS OLD PRIOR TO THIS NEW GROWTH TURNED BROWN.

THIS YEAR IT'S PERFECT.

THE BLOOMS AND NEW GROWTH WERE FINE.

AND IN THE BACK AND FORTH THEY'RE NOT DEAD.

THESE ARE NOT DEAD TWIGS.

>> YEAH.

I FIND THAT INTERESTING.

BECAUSE WHEN WE SEE THAT TYPE OF FUNGAL GROWTH WHICH THAT'S JUST A SAPROPHYTIC FUNGUS THAT IS GROWING ON THERE.

NOT EXACTLY SURE WHICH ONE.

USUALLY THAT'S AN INDICATION THAT THE BARK IS DEAD OR DYING AND WORKING ON DECOMPOSITION.

SO I WOULD REALLY BE SURPRISED IF THESE LARGER BRANCHES WERE NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD -- THAT THEY WILL DIE OVER TIME.

I DON'T HOW TO MAKE IT OUT OF BORE.

THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO STRESS THAT BRANCH.

AND PROBABLY JUST SOME DOING SOME NATURAL PRUNING TO TAKE THOSE LARGER BRANCHES OUT OVER TIME AND BE SELECTIVE ON THAT I THINK WILL BE A GOOD IDEA.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE ONE MORE PICTURE HERE.

AND THIS MAY NOT BE YOURS.

BUT PEACH PEST IN WATERLOO.

SO WHAT DO WE THINK?

>> A FEW THINGS THIS COULD BE.

IT'S NOT A DISEASE THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.

IT LOOKS MORE LIKE MAYBE BIRD INJURY OR SOME INSECT FEEDING INITIALLY.

SO IF YOU HAVE BIRDS TARGETING THAT AND SECONDARY FUNGI CAN GROWING AND CAUSE FRUIT ROT.

YOU'LL JUST WANT TO LOOK AT THAT.

AND SEE IF YOU GO INSIDE, MAYBE YOU HAVE SOME INSECTS AND THEN THAT WOULD BE A JODY QUESTION.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND DON'T EAT THE ROTTEN SPOTS.

>> NO.

PREFERABLY NOT.

>> KELLY, YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A PAPILLION VIEWER FOUND THIS PLANT AT WALNUT CREEK LAKE GROWING WILD.

PLANTED A HANDFUL OF THESE A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

IT FLOWERED THIS YEAR.

HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IT IS.

AND THEN IS IT SOMETHING HE SHOULD CULTIVATE?

>> YEAH.

THIS IS BLACK BERRY LILY.

WHICH ISN'T A LILY AT ALL.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY RECENTLY DONE DNA SEQUENCING AND IT'S AN IRIS.

IT IS A TYPE OF IRIS.

MORE RELATED TO IRIS, ANYWAY.

WHICH IS KIND OF INTERESTING.

THE NAMING OF PLANTS.

BUT, YEAH, THIS IS KIND OF A SHORT LIVED PERENNIAL.

THERE'S THIS LEOPARD LILY IS ANOTHER COMMON NAME FOR IT BECAUSE OF THE SPOTS.

AND IT IS A NICE ONE.

IT IS CALLED BLACK BERRY LILY BECAUSE WHEN THE FRUITS DRY DOWN AND OPEN UP, THEY LOOK JUST LIKE A BLACK BERRY.

SO IF YOU LIKE IT, I'D GO AHEAD AND CULTIVATE IT AND KEEP GROWING IT.

>> THOSE SEEDS DO SPREAD.

>> YEAH.

>> THAT IS TRUE.

THANK YOU, KIM.

>> A LOT.

>> MAKE SURE YOU LIKE IT.

>> EXACTLY.

>> OR SOME PEOPLE WILL PRUNE OUT THE SEEDS BEFORE THEY -- ONCE THEY OPEN UP AND SEE WHAT LOOKS LIKE A BLACK BERRY, IF YOU GO IN AND YOU SNIP IT OUT.

YOU CAN KIND OF HOLD IT BACK A LITTLE BIT THAT WAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS KELLY.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE.

AND THIS IS -- HE WANTS HELP IDENTIFYING THIS PLANT.

AND IT'S ON WALKING TRAILS IN THEIR PASTEUR.

THIS IS ACTUALLY IN A NATIVE LANDSCAPE.

A TINY WHITE FLOWER ON STALKS IN THE SPRING.

HE THINKS WE HAVE SOME IN THE BYF GARDEN.

HE'S RIGHT.

>> THIS IS OUR NATIVE.

IT IS CALLED PUSSY TOES BECAUSE OF THE FUZZY LEAVES.

AS WELL AS THE SHAPES OF THE FLOWERS, THOSE LITTLE WHITE FLOWERS.

PROBABLY MORE THAN ANYTHING THEY LOOK LIKE THE PADS OF CATS.

SO, YEAH, PUSSY TOES.

ONE OF OUR NATIVES.

A NICE GROUND COVER.

>> AND YOU THOUGHT PERHAPS A LITTLE LAMBS EAR-Y.

>> I FIRST LOOKED AT IT AND I THOUGHT, WELL IT KINDA LOOKS LIKE A LAMB'S EAR.

NOT QUITE.

NOT QUITE.

SO CAN'T HELP ME OUT WITH PUSSY TOES.

>> ALL RIGHT, SILVERY FUZZY.

ONE MORE.

THIS IS A NIABRARA QUESTION.

AND SHE SAYS IS THIS PLANT GOOD TO HAVE IN A FLOWER GARDEN?

CAME UP.

DIDN'T PLANT IT.

>> THIS IS MILK WEED.

IT IS ONE OF OUR NATIVE MILK WEEDS.

IT IS THE MOST TOXIC OF THE MILK WEEDS.

IT IS SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF.

YOU DON'T WANT IT GROWING IN A PASTEUR OR HAYFIELD OR SOMETHING SUCH AS THAT.

EVEN CATTLE USUALLY WON'T GRAZE IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE IT, THEY HAVE TO BE REALLY HUNGRY.

IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH FOR IT TO BE DEADLY.

IT CAN BE EVEN DRIED OR INHALED IT CAN BE DEADLY.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT, IT IS ONE THAT POLLINATORS WILL COME TO AND IT WILL BENEFIT FROM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS KELLY.

WELL, BEFORE WE GO TO BREAK, LET'S TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR GARDEN.

TERRI'S GOT ANOTHER FANTASTIC ALL AMERICA SELECTION FOR US WITH A REALLY FUN NAME.

HERE IS TERRI OUT AT THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

>> THIS WEEK IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ANOTHER FANTASTIC PERFORMING ALL AMERICAN SELECTION 2022 WINNER.

THIS ONE IS A PETUNIA.

IT IS CALLED BEES KNEES.

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL YELLOW.

HAS NOT FADED.

ONE OF THOSE REALLY DEEP YELLOWS THAT REALLY WILL WORK IN MOST CONTAINERS.

LIKE I SAID, HAS NOT FADED.

THIS ONE IS AN ANNUAL, OF COURSE HERE.

IT HAS A MOUNDING, TRAILING EFFECT.

IT WILL LOOK GREAT ON THE SIZE OF THOSE CONTAINERS.

KIND OF HANGING DOWN.

IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET TO BE ABOUT EIGHT TO TEN INCHES TALL.

DEEP SOLID YELLOW.

THIS ONE HAS PERFORMED WELL ALL SUMMER LONG.

IT IS A VEGETATIVE PROPAGATED ONE.

SO ONE THAT YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO START IF SEED.

YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY FIND IT IN THE NURSERY TRADE OR ONLINE.

BUT I REALLY SUGGEST TRYING THIS OUT FOR YOUR CONTAINERS NEXT YEAR.

SO CHECK OUT AND FIND BEES KNEES PETUNIA AND STOP BY THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN AND CHECK IT OUT.

>> THAT YELLOW COLOR IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

AS TERRY SAID, IT HASN'T FADED SINCE IT WAS PLANTED TWO MONTHS AGO.

IT IS TIME FOR A SHORT BREAK.

STAY WITH US.

COMING UP SOON IS THE LIGHTNING ROUND AND THE PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

THERE IS MUCH MORE TO COME ON "BACKYARD FARMER" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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LATER ON IN THE PROGRAM, WE'LL BE SHOWING YOU SOME CREATIVE OUTDOOR LIGHTING IDEAS.

YOU CAN STILL PHONE IN THOSE QUESTIONS TO 1-800-676-5446.

SEND US PICTURES AND E-MAILS FOR FUTURE SHOW TO BYF@UNL.EDU.

RIGHT NOW, IT IS TIME FOR LIGHTNING.

ALL RIGHT.

KELLY, ARE YOU READY?

>> I'M READY.

>> THIS IS A BELLEVUE VIEWER WHO HAS TOMATOES GROWING IN, LIKE WATER TRAYS.

NOT HYDROUPONIC BUT IN CONTAINERS.

THEY'RE GETTING B.E.R.

SHE WONDERS IF SHE CAN INCREASE THE VITAMIN D BY CRUSHING UP 600 MILLIGRAM TABLETS INTO THE WATERING TRAYS.

>> NOT THAT I'VE EVER HEARD OF.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

>> WE HAVE A VIEWER WITH A WEEPING PURPLE RED BUD.

THE TOP OF THE TREE DID NOT LEAF OUT AT ALL.

CAN SHE WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR OR SHOULD SHE GO AHEAD AND PRUNE IT OUT?

>> WELL IF, THERE STILL GREEN TISSUE IN THERE, YOU CAN WAIT.

BUT THE PART THAT HASN'T LEAFED OUT WILL NOT LEAF OUT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A RALSTON VIEWER WHO HAS GARDEN TOMATOES AND PEPPERS.

DO THEY NEED TO BE WATERED EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THIS HEAT?

THEY ARE IN THE GARDEN.

>> VERY LITTLE -- VERY LITTLE NEEDS TO BE WATERED DAILY.

WHO YOU DO WATER, WATER DEEPLY FOR VEGETABLES.

THAT IS ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT INCHES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A VIEWER THAT HAS ENDLESS SUMMER HYDRANGEAS BUT NOT BLOOMING OR BARELY BLOOMING AND THEN TURNING BROWN AND DROPPING.

THIS IS OMAHA.

>> I'M GOING TO GO WITH HEAT.

ENDLESS SUMMER SOMETIMES CAN BE A BUMMER.

BUT, YEAH.

>> AND WE HAVE A VIEWER IN BROKEN BOW THAT WANTS TO TRANSFER 4 FOOT TALL TREES THIS FALL.

SOMETHING TO DO NOW TO GET READY?

>> KEEP THEM WATERED SO THEY'RE NOT DROUGHT STRESSED WHEN YOU GO TO TRANSPLANT THEM.

EXCELLENT, NICE JOB.

>> YOU READY, LAUREN?

>> ALWAYS READY.

ALWAYS TALK ABOUT FOOD BUT I CAN'T GET OLIVE LOAF OFF MY MIND.

WHEN IS THE LAST TIME OUR VIEWERS HAD OLIVE LOAF?

AMAZING FOOD.

>> OH, GOSH.

>> OKAY.

>> HELP US.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE DONE.

OKAY.

THIS VIEWER FROM OMAHA WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER BAKING SODA IS THE REALLY GOOD REMEDY TO USE FOR TOMATO DISEASES.

>> I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THAT.

>> WE HAVE A VIEWER THAT HAS A LOT OF ROSES AND THE SAME BED AS ONE THAT HAD ROSE ROSETTE.

SHE REMOVED THAT ONE.

CAN SHE PROTECT THE OTHERS FROM GETTING THAT DISEASE?

>> WELL, TAKING THE PLANT OUT IS THE GOOD THING TO DO.

THE OTHER THING SB CAREFUL YOU CLEAN THE PRUNERS, HOPEFULLY AND JUST WATCH FOR ANY OTHER SYMPTOMS AND MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT OUT IF YOU'RE SEEING MORE.

>> OKAY.

VIEWERS ARE WONDERING WHY WE HAVE SO MANY SLIME MOLD THIS IS YEAR AND WHY ARE THEY IN THE SAME SPOT EVERY YEAR?

>> WHAT AN AMAZING THING.

I MEAN, THIS IS A GREAT YEAR.

SLIME MOLDS ARE EVERYWHERE, ALWAYS IN THE SAME SPOT BECAUSE THEY HAVE SPORE STRUCTURES THAT THEY'LL BE THERE AND THEY'LL REOCCUR, USUALLY.

WE HAVE AWESOME PICTURES OF SLIME MOLD COMING UP LATER.

>> OKAY.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO ALSO HAS ROSES.

THEY HAVE DARK BLOTCHES ON THE CANES.

SHE IS WONDERING IS THAT ROSE ROSETTE OR NOT?

>> THE NOT DARK BLOTCHES.

ROSES, WE SEE A LOT OF BLACK SPOT ON A ROSE.

AND THAT CAN CAUSE SOME SPOTS.

MAKING SURE IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS AFFECTING THE PLANT AND THE FUTURE, I WOULD RECOMMEND A APPLICATION AND HYBRID TEA ROSES ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THIS.

>> NICE JOB.

ALL RIGHT.

ROCK, YOU READY?

>> NOT AS MUCH AS LAUREN BUT I'M READY.

>> OKAY.

THIS IS A NORTH BEND VIEWER WHO WONDERS ABOUT USING A WATER RETAINING POLYMER ON THE LAWN.

>> WE'VE TESTED THOSE POLYMERS.

THEY REALLY DON'T WORK.

THEY -- THE WATER ISN'T RELEASED AT A LEVEL THAT HELP THE PLANT.

THE ONLY PLACE WE'VE SEEN IT WORK IS A CONTAINER PLANT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

A GAUGE COUNTY VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW HOW TO CONTROL SAND BURRS IN THE LAWN.

>> SO POST EMERGENT, BEFORE IT STARTS TO SEED, YOU CAN USE ANY OF THE TYPE PRODUCTS.

PRE-EMERGENT, YOU CAN USE.

THERE ARE OTHER PRODUCTS.

YOU HAVE TO APPLY REALLY LATE BECAUSE IT GERMINATES LATE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS AN IOWA VIEWER, HOW TO REMOVE THE CARPET SHE SAYS EVEN HER CHICKENS WON'T EAT IT.

>> YEAH.

PERSLANE, YOU LEAVE ANY PIECE BEHIND THAT HAS A NODE ON IT OR SEGMENT OF LEAF AND IT WILL RESPROUT.

YOU GOT TO -- YOU'VE GOT TO EITHER HERBICIDE IT WHICH IS NOT REALLY EASY TO DO BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REALLY REACT TO HERBICIDES, ESPECIALLY NOW OR GET IT ALL OUT OF THERE BEFORE AND NOT LEAVE ANY BEHIND.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TENACITY IS PET SAFE.

IS IT OKAY TO SPOT SPRAY CRAB GRASS WHEN IT IS THIS HOT?

>> IT'S A LITTLE WARM YET.

I WOULD WAIT UNTIL WE GET INTO THE 80s NEXT WEEK.

>> ALL RIGHT.

NICE JOB.

OKAY, JODY.

NO, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE LIGHTNING.

THE ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A FAIR BERRY VIEWER.

WONDERS WHETHER SHE SHOULD BURN HER SQUASH AND PUMPKIN VINES TO GET RID OF THE SQUASH BUGS OR COMPOST THEM?

>> IF THERE ARE BUGS IN THEM, I WOULD BURN THEM OR DISCARD THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A LINCOLN VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHY THERE ARE SO MANY STAG HORN BEATLES THIS YEAR.

>> I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY.

BUT IF THERE TL ARE STAG BEETLES, THEN THERE IS ROTTEN WOOD THAT FELL DOWN IN A STORM.

>> OKAY.

WE HAVE A WEST POINT VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER CORNMEAL IS A GOOD GRUB CONTROL TO USE IN FLOWER BEDS.

>> I'M GOING SAY NO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE ALSO HAVE A VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHETHER THE BIG GREEN JUNE BEETLES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE EMERGING FROM THE QUARTER SIZE HOLES.

>> NO.

THOSE ARE PROBABLY CICADA KILLERS.

>> THE WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO HAS 30 MUMS IN THEIR GREEN HOUSE.

ONE OF THEM HAS STICKY LEAVES COVERED WITH SAWDUST.

WHAT KIND OF INSECT PROBABLY IN A GREEN HOUSE?

>> STICKY LEAVES COVERED WITH SAWDUST?

WE'RE IS THE SAWDUST COMING FROM?

I DON'T KNOW.

I GUESS I FAILED.

>> WHITE FLIES, OR SOMETHING.

>> THEY JUST THINK MAYBE?

WHO KNOWS.

NICE JOB ALL.

NICE JOB.

ALL RIGHT.

KELLY, PLANTS WEEK.

>> OKAY.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL WHITE BOUQUET.

WHITE IS A PRETTY BOUQUET.

THIS IS NOT PURPLE CONE FLOWER THIS IS A WHITE CONE FLOWER.

IT IS CALLED WHITE SWAN.

WE'RE USED TO SEEING PURPLE CONE FLOWER.

AND THE SMALLER WHITE ONE IS CHAMOMILE.

AND THIS IS ONE THAT CAN RECEDE.

IT CAN COME BACK FROM RESEEDING.

>> WHITE SWAN CONE FLOWER.

IT IS HARD NOT TO SAY PURPLE CONE FLOWER AND CHAMOMILE.

>> AND THAT CHAMOMILE, IT WILL ACTUALLY SEED ITSELF INTO THE BRICKS IN A PATIO IT IS COOL.

>> IT'S A TOUGH ONE BOTH OF THEM ARE PRETTY TOUGH.

>> ROCK IS GIVING ME THE EYE, HE MUST NOT LIKE IT.

>> I DON'T LIKE STUFF GROWING IN THE CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALK.

>> WELL.

JUST DEPENDS ON YOUR SIDEWALK.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU GOT THREE PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

JODY, THIS IS ONE THAT COMES TO US FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS.

WHAT IS THIS AND HOW DOES SHE TREAT?

SHE THINKS IT'S WHITE FLY AND SHE IS SPRAYING IT WITH A HOMEMADE INSECTICIDAL SOAP.

>> OKAY.

IT LOOKS LIKE ON ONE OF THE PICTURES THERE IS DEFINITELY APHIDS.

AND THERE MIGHT BE SPIDER MITES ON THEM.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE HOMEMADE INSECTICIDAL SOAP.

THE INSECTICIDAL SOAP YOU GET IN THE STORE IS POTASSIUM SALTS AND FATTY ACIDS.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL USE DISH SOAP OR SOMETHING FROM HOUSEHOLD SO THAT MAY NOT BE SAFE FOR THE PLANT.

SO THERE IS THAT.

BUT I DON'T -- I MEAN IT ALSO COULD BE -- I DON'T THINK THEY'RE WHITE FLIES.

IT MAY BE THE SAWDUST FROM THE LAST PICTURE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

AND THEN ANOTHER ONE THAT IS VERY SIMILAR.

SO THESE ARE BOTH LINCOLN.

THIS IS EGGPLANT.

PLANTS ARE WELL WATERED.

AFTERNOON SHADE.

WHAT DO WE THINK?

STEWARD COUNTY IN LINCOLN.

>> THIS IS NOT LOOKING GOOD.

I SEE TINY LITTLE SHOT HOLES THAT HAVE BEEN -- LITTLE PITS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY EGGPLANT FLEA BEATLES.

THEY'RE TINY.

THEY'VE GOT REALLY BIG FEMURS SO THEY JUMP.

BUT IT'S PRETTY DETRIMENTAL TO PLANTS WHEN THEY'RE VERY YOUNG.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS ONE IS A PRETTY SUSCEPTIBLE CULTIVAR FOR THAT.

YOU CAN IN THE FUTURE DO A SURROUND THE CLAY SO THEY CAN SPRAY ON THERE AND REAPPLY IF IT RAINS.

BUT THAT CAN BE A REPELLENT OR MAYBE SOME ROW COVERS IN THE FUTURE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND I THINK YOU HAVE MAYBE ONE MORE EGGPLANT PICTURE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

YEP.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> THIS IS A PRETTY SEVERE INFESTATION OF APHIDS.

A LOT OF THE EXOSKELETONS THERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, RINSE THIS OFF OR WASH THIS OFF AND THEN IF THEY'RE STILL COMING BACK, MAYBE AN INSECTICIDAL SOAP.

>> OKAY.

AND TWO PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS FROM WYMORE.

HE HAS TWO CONEFLOWERS.

ONE LOOKS GOOD AND THE OTHER LOOKS LIKE THIS.

SO THERE IS THE PLANT AND THERE IS WHAT IS HAPPENING.

>> YEAH.

SO THE FLOWERS STILL LOOK GOOD.

IT'S JUST THE LEAVES THAT LOOK BAD.

AND THAT'S CATERPILLARS.

SO THOSE ARE CHECKER SPOTS, BUTTERFLY CATERPILLARS.

SO CATERPILLARS, THEY NEED -- THEY'RE HUNGRY AND THEY'RE GOING TO EAT.

THEY'LL TURN INTO BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES IF THAT IS ANY CONSOLATION, SO GOOD FOR THE POLLINATORS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, JODY.

>>> ROCK, ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

WHAT ARE THESE VINES THAT SEEM TO SPROUT OVERNIGHT, ATTACH THEMSELVES TO SHRUBS.

>> THAT IS HONEY VINE MILK WEED.

IT IS GOOD -- GOOD FOR POLLINATORS BUT IT'S THE LEAST PREFERRED OF THE MILKWEEDS.

WHEN IT GETS INTO A GARDEN LIKE THIS, I'M GO TO SUGGEST REMOVAL OR CONTROL.

BUT IT'S IN AMONG OTHER BROAD LEAFS.

YOU CAN USUALLY CONTROL IT WITH ANY OF THE BROAD LEAF HERBICIDE.

SO I WOULD START SNIPPING THAT OFF AT THE BASE AS SOON AS YOU SEE IT.

IT DOESN'T -- IT DOESN'T -- IT WON'T REPROPAGATE FROM THAT.

IT IS AN EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE GROWER AS THE VIEWER SAID.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A BENNETT VIEWER.

AND THE SPIKY THING HAS SOFT NEEDLES ON IT.

GET MORE MATURE.

THE NEEDLES ARE JUST TERRIBLE.

HE'S TRIED GLYPHOSATE, HE'S TRIED DIGGING IT.

IT REGROWS REALLY FAST.

>> YEAH.

IT IS GREEN BRIAR.

IT'S A MEMBER OF THE -- IT'S A HUGE GENUS.

LOT OF DIFFERENT MATERIAL, THEY CAN BE WOODY OR HERBACEOUS.

I'M GOING GUESS THIS IS PROBABLY -- I'M NOT GOING IT EVEN TRY TO GUESS BASED ON WHAT IS IN FRONT.

IT'S A GREEN BRIAR.

I'M SURPRISED THEY'RE NOT GET SOMETHING CONTROL WITH GLYPHOSATE.

YOU KNOW, HAND PULLING IS OBVIOUSLY OUT OF QUESTION.

I'D JUST BE PERSISTENT WITH THE GLYPHOSATE.

ONE QUESTION ON THIS ONE.

THEY HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THIS ONE FOREVER.

WHAT IS IT?

THEY'VE TRIED 24-D, DIGGING, PUTTING PLANTS IN A BAG FROM JUNE TO SEPTEMBER.

THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD IT.

IS THERE SOMETHING THEY CAN DO?

>> THIS IS PUNCTURE VINE AND MANY OF THE - PRODIAMIM IS PRETTY GOOD AS A SPRING APPLICATION.

THIS ONE IS FLOWERING.

YOU CERTAINLY, THIS ONE'S FLOWERING.

IT GETS A BURR AND IT WILL ATTACH TO EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE BOTTOM OF YOUR BARE FEET WITH EXCRUCIATING PAIN.

DON'T LET IT GET TO THIS POINT TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS GOING TO START BUDDING OUT HEADS.

24-D IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH.

YOU NEED TO USE A THREE WAY HERBICIDE.

UNLESS YOU'VE GOT WOODY SPECIES NEARBY, WOULD BE THAT IS THE BEST BET IF THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

>> THEY CAN POP BIKE TIRES.

>> YEAH, MUCH LESS YOUR TOES, RIGHT?

OKAY.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE, LAUREN.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A HEAD SCRATCHER.

WAIT.

THIS IS YOURS.

THIS IS THE MILK WEED.

SORRY.

THIS IS MILK WEED.

SO THIS BELONGS TO YOU, ROCK.

SHE WANTS TO KEEP THE MILK WEED.

SHE WANTS TO TURN THIS INTO A LANDSCAPE.

SHE ALSO WONDERS HOW TO KEEP IT FROM GOING INTO THE TURF WHERE SHE DOESN'T WANT IT.

>> YEAH.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS COMMON MILK WEED.

VERY AGGRESSIVE.

IT WILL MOVE INTO THE YARD.

REALLY DOESN'T TOLERATE MOWING.

SO IF THEY'RE MOWING ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE, IT SHOULD KEEP IT OUT.

IF THEY REALLY WANT TO SPOT SPRAY IT, THAT WON'T BE A PROBLEM.

IT WILL TRANSLOCATE BACK TO THE MILK WEED.

KUDOS FOR THEM FOR GROWING A GREAT MONARCH AND OTHER POLLINATOR PLANT SO GOOD FOR THEM.

DON'T BE SPRAYING IT.

TAKE IT OUT BY MOWING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

NOW, LAUREN, YOUR TURN.

THIS IS INTERESTING.

THIS IS A COSMOS.

AND WE HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH ON THIS ONE.

THE ENDS LOOK LIKE THEY MIGHT BE DEVELOPING BUDS.

BUT THEY LOOK LIKE THIS AND NOT ALL THE PLANTS ARE DOING THIS.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> YEAH.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS REALLY INTERESTING.

SO COSMOS IS GOOD.

I THINK THIS IS A PHYTOPLASMA.

SO IF THEY HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL PLANT WITH THIS, AGAIN, IT'S ROGUE IT OUT AND I THINK.

ALL MY QUESTIONS IT SEEMS LIKE.

I WOULD TAKE THAT OUT OR ENJOY IT.

BUT IF YOU DO ENJOY IT, IT MAY SPREAD TO OTHER PLANTS IN YOUR LANDSCAPE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> I THINK IT'S PHYTOPLASMA.

>> OKAY.

WE HAD A LOT OF BASIC QUESTIONS.

WE HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

FIRST TIME HE'S HAD PROBLEMS WITH IT.

ANY IDEA?

HE'S NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE.

>> THERE IS A COUPLE THINGS I COULDN'T SEE CLOSE UP.

I QUESTION IT IF THERE WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING GOING ON WITH SPIDER MITES OR SOMETHING.

JUST THE WAY THE GENERAL YELLOWING WAS AND THE LOWER LEVEL LEAVES BEING IMPACTED.

I DON'T SEE SOMETHING THAT IS A DISEASE.

THE NOW IF INDIVIDUAL PLANTS ARE WILTING AT ALL AND YOU'RE SEEING THE YELLOW LEAVES ON THE BOTTOM THAT COULD BE AN INDICATION OF A ROOT ROT.

I REALLY COULDN'T TELL OF A SIGNIFICANT DISEASE.

>> THAT IS UNDERWOOD, IOWA.

AND THIS ONE IS SAX CITY IOWA.

MULTIPLE TOMATO PLANTS THAT QUICKLY WILTED FROM THE TOP DOWN.

AND HE SHOWS THIS PICTURE.

AND THEN THE FOLIAGE ON THIS ONE.

>> SO A COUPLE THINGS.

WE HAVE SEEN QUITE A FEW VIRUSES IN TOMATOES THIS YEAR.

AND IF THE NEW GROWTH IS WILTING AND DYING AND THE REST OF THE FOLIAGE IS HEALTHY, IT COULD BE A VIRUS.

BUT THAT SAID, IF THE WHOLE PLANT IS WILTING, I'M QUESTIONING IF IT'S NOT ONE OF OUR FUNGAL ROTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IF THESE PLANTS WHEN YOU HAVE ONE THAT IS DYING OR CLOSE TO DEAD WHERE YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE IT OUT AND SIMPLY TAKE THAT PLANT AND JUST KIND OF CROSS CUT THE STEM TOWARDS THE BOTTOM AND SEE IF YOU SEE ANY BROWN STREAKING IN THERE, THEN YOU WOULD KNOW YOU'RE MOST LIKELY DEALING WITH A WILT.

AND THEN CAN YOU LOOK FOR RESISTING CULTIVAR VARIETIES IN THE FUTURE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, LAUREN.

KELLY, TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

AND THIS IS -- THIS IS A PUMPKIN OR A WATERMELON OR WHAT ARE WE THINKING THIS IS?

[ LAUGHTER ] >> OKAY.

DIDN'T YOU CALL -- WHAT DID YOU CALL IT?

>> I CALLED IT A WATER KIN.

>> WATER KIN.

A WATER KIN.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> YEAH.

I -- IT LOOKS MORE -- IT LOOKS LIKE A WATERMELON IN THIS PICTURE.

IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A PUMPKIN IN THE OTHER PICTURE.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD CROSS-POLLENATION -- I DIDN'T THINK PUMPKIN AND MELONS COULD CROSS THOUGH.

>> I DIDN'T EITHER.

>> SO -- I MEAN, THE -- YOU KNOW, PUMPKINS CAN CROSS WITH SQUASHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND I THINK THE DIFFERENT MELONS AND MAYBE CUCUMBERS CAN -- CAN CROSS.

BUT I DIDN'T THINK YOU COULD GET A CROSS.

SO I'M NOT -- UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE HAS A BETTER SUGGESTION.

I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHY YOU WOULD GET A WEIRD FRUIT THERE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SO, THIS NEXT ONE, ONE PICTURE, TWO SETS OF CUCES AND THEY'RE -- BUT THEY'RE DOING THIS.

THIS IS A COLUMBUS VIEWER.

>> OKAY.

>> PLANTED THEM IN A RAISED BID.

WHAT DO WE THINK THIS IS?

>> WELL, IT -- IT'S ODD.

I WASN'T REALLY -- REALLY SURE.

BUT ONE OF THE -- I THINK ONE OF THE NEXT PICTURES COMING UP GAVE ME AN IDEA AND IT COULD BE FAC -- FACIASCENT.

AND IT -- 'CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF CLUMP OF FLOWERS AND THEY, KIND OF, LOOK LIKE THEY'RE FUSED TOGETHER.

AND -- AND THAT'S -- THAT'S ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF WITHIN THIS CASE.

AND THERE IS REALLY NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO.

THERE'S DIFFERENT REASONS THEY DO THAT.

IT CAN BE GENETIC.

IT COULD BE ENVIRONMENTAL.

IT COULD BE A VIRUS.

>> UH-HUH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SO THE NEXT TWO PICTURES COME TO US FROM OMAHA.

AND THIS IS GROWING OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF A YELLOW SQUASH, SO -- >> FASCINATING.

>> THERE WE GO.

>> FACIATION AGAIN.

>> YEAH.

>> SO, AND AGAIN, THAT IS JUST, KIND OF, AN ABNORMAL, USUALLY FUSION AND -- AND A LOT OF TIME THE STEM THAT CAN BE THE FLOWERS AS WE SAW EARLIER.

BUT THEY ALL GET FLAT AND IT WILL, KIND OF, LOOK LIKE A RIBBON.

AND AS I JUST SAID, THERE CAN BE DIFFERENT CAUSES.

IT'S, KIND OF, FUN TO LOOK AT.

BUT IT'S PROBABLY BEST TO REMOVE IT WHEN YOU SEE IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND TWO MORE.

THIS IS A CANTALOUPE IN A CONTAINER.

LEAF GROWTH HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING.

NO FLOWERS.

SHE DOES HAVE I THINK ONE PICTURE IN HERE.

THIS IS PAPILLION.

SHE'S WONDERING IF THAT IS THE START OF A FRUIT?

>> WELL, IT DOESN'T REALLY LOOK LIKE THE START OF A FRUIT.

IT MIGHT BE.

BUT -- YEAH, I DON'T THINK IT IS.

BUT, I MAEN, WHEN YOU GROW THEM IN A CONTAINER LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY THE SOILS GET REALLY, REALLY HOT.

WE'VE HAD REALLY HOT WEATHER.

YOU CAN GET SOME FERTILITY ISSUES BECAUSE YOU'RE WATERING A LOT AND IT LEECHES OUT SOME OF THE NUTRIENTS.

AND IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK.

IT WORKS WELL WITH SOME THINGS BUT WITH SOME VARIETIES IT DOESN'T.

SO, I WONDER IF THE FOLIAGE ACTUALLY LOOKED PALE GREEN TO ME.

AND IT JUST MAY BE THAT YOU'RE NOT GETTING GOOD POLLENATION OF THOSE FLOWERS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, KELLY.

WELL, YOU KNOW, MOST OF WHAT WE TALK ABOUT AND SHOW YOU HAPPENS DURING THE DAY.

BUT AS THE SUN GOES DOWN, YOU CAN REALLY MAKE A CREATIVE STATEMENT WITH THE PLACEMENT OF A FEW LIGHTS.

HERE IS AJ COLEMAN WITH McKAY LIGHTING TO TELL US MORE.

♪ >> WELL, AS A NEW HOMEOWNER, WE ALWAYS -- WHEN WE'RE INVITED OUT TO GIVE THEM A LIGHTING CONSULTATION, WE ALWAYS, KIND OF, START WITH THE -- THE THREE RINGS.

SO, THE INTERNAL PERIMETER IS, BASICALLY, THE -- RIGHT OUTSIDE THE HOME.

AND SO FOCAL POINTS, ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES OF HOMES.

SO, YOUR MAIN ENTRANCE, KIND OF, GUIDING YOUR EYE TO THE FRONT DOOR.

ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES LIKE PEAKS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.

BRICKS, STONE, THOSE SORT OF THINGS.

AND THEN WE WORK OUTSIDE THAT AND FOCUS ON THE LANDSCAPE.

SO, TREES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE THAT, KIND OF, FRAME IT UP.

AND THEN PATHWAY LIGHTING TO GET GUESTS, KIND OF, TO AND FROM THE FRONT DOOR.

AND THEN THE LAST RING IS, KIND OF, THE OUTSIDE PERIMETER, MORE SECURITY DRIVEN.

AND HIGHLIGHTING THOSE TREES AND IF THEY'RE LARGE ENOUGH, WE DO SOME DOWN LIGHTING, KIND OF, MORE FROM A SAFETY THING.

SO THOSE ARE, KIND OF, THE THREE RINGS THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER LIGHTING.

IN TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY WITH LED, EVERYTHING IS LED NOW.

IS ALL BASED ON COLOR TEMPERATURE.

SO, IF YOU GO TO A BIG BOX STORE TO, MAYBE, EXPERIMENT WITH SOLAR LIGHTS, THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO COLOR -- COME WITH ONE COLOR COMBINATION.

AND IT'S TYPICALLY 27 K WHICH IS A WARM WHITE.

WE LIKE USING 3,000 K. IT'S A LITTLE CLEANER BUT IT'S STILL ON THE WARM HUE.

YOU DON'T HAVE AS MANY OPTIONS, TYPICALLY, FROM A BIG BOX STORE.

THEY'LL CALL IT "DAYLIGHT WHITE" OR "SOFT WHITE," THAT SORT OF THING.

BUT COLOR TEMPERATURES, KIND OF, WHERE LED FIRST STARTED.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO, KIND OF, PAY ATTENTION TO.

AND THEN IT'S, KIND OF, EVOLVED FROM THERE, WHERE YOU GET, KIND OF, FANCY INTO COLOR -- COLORED LEDs FOR SEASONAL THINGS AND THEN EVEN ROTATING COLORS.

SOME OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE IS PHONE CONTROL.

THROUGH -- THROUGH AN APP THAT'S CONTROLLED THROUGH THE TRANSFORMER.

SO, EVERYTHING THAT WE INSTALL IS LOW VOLTAGE.

IT'S A WIRED SYSTEM.

BUT YOU CAN HAVE WIRELESS -- WIRELESS CONTROL THROUGH YOUR PHONE.

AND SO, WHETHER THAT IS A MODULE THAT PLUGS INTO THE TRANSFORMER OR A SIGNAL, SO THERE IS DIFFERENT CONTROL OPTIONS.

WE DO A LOT OF SWITCHING FOR CUSTOMERS.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, MOST PEOPLE JUST WANT TO DUSK UNTIL DAWN BECAUSE THEY'RE USED TO THE LIGHTS.

THEY JUST WANT THEM TO OPERATE.

SOLAR WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO, KIND OF, EXPERIMENT.

IF YOU'RE COMING FROM NO LIGHTING EXPERIENCE AT ALL, SOLAR IS A GREAT OPTION BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY WELL MADE FOR DURATION.

BUT YOU CAN PLAY WITH SOME UPLIGHTING ON A TREE OR A PATHWAY AND NOT KNOWING SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO SO YOU DON'T INVEST A LOT OF MONEY IN IT.

AND THEN ONCE YOU HAVE A GOOD IDEA, THEN YOU WOULD GO INTO WHAT WE WOULD INSTALL OR WHAT WE WOULD SELL IS A WIRED SYSTEM.

SO, IT'S LOW VOLTAGE CABLE THAT'S BURIED AND THAT'S THE MOST RELIABLE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S NEW TECHNOLOGY COMING.

BUT THOSE WOULD BE THE TWO MAIN OPTIONS.

>> THERE ARE SO MANY OPTIONS OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE TO TRY AND THAT GOOD LIGHTING REALLY DOESN'T HAVE TO BREAK YOUR BUDGET EITHER.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT HUNDREDS OF GREAT VIDEO FEATURES AS WELL AS COMPLETE PAST PROGRAMS ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

WE DO HOPE YOU'LL CHECK IT OUT.

MAKE SURE YOU HIT THE SUBSCRIBE AND NOTIFICATION BUTTONS SO YOU CAN KEEP UP TO DATE WITH ALL THE CONTENT WE OFFER.

WE ALSO HAVE GREAT ANNOUNCEMENTS OF COOL THINGS IN THE GARDENING WORLD.

LINCOLN IRIS SOCIETY RHIZOME SALE JULY 30th, 10:00 TO 4:00 P.M. AT ST. ANDREWS LUTHERAN CHURCH HERE IN LINCOLN.

OUR THE SECOND ONE IS THE SCIENCE & AG FAMILY FIELD DAY WEDNESDAY THE 3rd, 9:00 TO 3:00 P.M. AT THE UNL HASKIN -- HASKELL AG LAB IN CONCORD.

WAY HAVE A COUPLE THINGS ON THE SCREEN, SO YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

AND THE THIRD ONE IS EAST CAMPUS DISCOVERY DAYS.

SATURDAY AUGUST 13th, 10:00 TO 2:00 P.M., EAST CAMPUS MALL, DISCOVERYDAYSUNL.EDU.

SO GREAT FUN.

ALL RIGHT.

LAST ROUND OF QUESTIONS HERE.

SO JODY, YOUR FIRST ONE IS AN IDENTIFICATION OF THIS PARTICULAR MOTH, WHICH SHE SAID WAS LARGE.

>> OH, YEAH.

THIS IS A FIVE-SPOTTED HAWK MOTH.

SO THIS IS WHAT THOSE, LIKE, TOMATO HORNWORMS, TOBACCO HORNWORMS, THEY -- THEY LOOK LIKE THIS AS ADULTS.

>> OKAY.

SO COOL AND INTERESTING.

HOW ABOUT THIS ONE?

THIS IS PLAT RIVER STATE PARK.

>> YEAH, THIS IS A KATYDID NYMPH.

SOME THEY TURN INTO -- PEOPLE CALL THEM, LIKE, "LEAF" AND IT, LIKE, MIMICS.

THEY LOOK LIKE LEAVES WHEN ADULTS.

IT'S GOT LITTLE WINGS.

IT'S A NYMPH.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE A FEMALE, 'CAUSE IT'S GOT THAT OVIPOSITOR AT THE BACK END.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR THIRD ONE IS "SAW THIS ON THE BACK PATIO."

IS IT A RED VELVET ANT OR WASP?

IF -- IF SO, IS IT SOLITARY OR WILL IT HURT YOUR GREAT DANES?

>> IT'S -- IT'S SOLITARY.

IF THE GREAT DANES GO AFTER IT, IT DOES HAVE A PAINFUL STING.

THEY'RE CALLED "COW KILLERS."

THEY HAVE NOT KILLED COWS.

AND THEY'RE JUST -- THEY'RE AROUND BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY ARE PARASITES OF BEES AND OTHER WASPS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ANOTHER ONE HERE IS AN ID.

AND THIS -- WHAT IS THIS ONE?

THIS IS CONCORD.

>> OKAY.

THIS IS A ROVE BEETLE.

SO, IT'S -- IT'S AN INTERESTING BEETLE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE COMPLETE WING COVERS, SO THEY'RE, KIND OF, SHORT.

BUT IT'S, I GUESS, IN THE TERMS OF GOOD OR BAD, IT'S A -- IT'S A GOOD GUY.

GROUND BEETLE.

PREDATOR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE MORE.

THESE GUYS ARE HANGING AROUND THE HOUSE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO GO INTO SMALL HOLES ON THE STEP RAILING TO SET UP A DWELLING.

>> OKAY.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A EUROPEAN PAPER WASP.

SO, THIS IS ONE OF THE SOCIAL WASPS THAT HAVE THOSE LITTLE PAPER NESTS LIKE AN UMBRELLA.

THE OTHER ONES THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THOUGH SOUND LIKE CICADA KILLERS THAT ARE ALSO YELLOW AND BLACK AND ARE GROUND NESTERS AND FLYING AROUND RIGHT NOW.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> I OPT IN RIGHT NOW.

>> EXCELLENT.

OKAY, ROCH, THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS SEVERAL PICTURES OF SPOTS IN A BLUEGRASS LAWN.

12 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

SOUTHWEST OMAHA.

INSECTS, DISEASE, OR WHAT?

>> I THINK THIS IS BURN INJURY.

THEY PECK AROUND LOOKING FOR A CRITTER.

THEY PULL UP CHUTES AND STUFF AND THEN THEY JUST DECICADE.

IT'S SEEN MOSTLY IN THE -- IN THE HEAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S PRETTY SIMPLE.

THEN WE HAVE A VALLEY, NEBRASKA VIEWER.

TWO PICTURES RECENTLY RELOCATED.

THEY'RE SEEING THIS SPOT IN THE FESCUE.

TURF DOESN'T PULL UP.

IT'S, SORT OF, THIS WEIRD WHITE COLOR.

WHAT IS IT?

>> YEAH, SO IT'S NOT A MILDEW.

IT'S NOT DOWNY MILDEW.

I'M THINKING IF THIS IS ACTUALLY EARLIER INJURY, PROBABLY FROM BILLBUGS.

EXCEPT BILLBUGS DON'T ATTACK TALL FESCUE.

SO THIS IS ONE WE'LL -- WE NEED A LITTLE CLOSER LOOK AT IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE PICTURE ON THIS NEXT ONE.

AND SHE'S WONDERING ABOUT WHAT THIS IS.

NO DIRT WAS BROUGHT IN.

WHAT GRASS -- GRASS IS THIS?

HOW DOES SHE GET RID OF IT?

>> LOOKS LIKE A PILE OF CRABGRASS TO ME.

AND, YOU KNOW, PRE-EMERGENT IN THE SPRING.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

LOREN, YOU HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF ID TOO.

AND THIS IS SHROOM TIME.

>> AWESOME.

>> SO YOUR FIRST ONE HERE IS OMAHA GROWING ON A LINDEN TREE IN THE MILLAR -- MILLARD AREA.

WHAT IS THAT?

>> THAT IS A SLIME MOLD.

IT'S INTERESTING.

WE SEE A LOT OF SLIME MOLDS THAT ARE SMOOTH, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST PRODUCING A LITTLE FRUITING STRUCTURES AND THAT WILL BE REAL DUSTY.

>> THAT'S REALLY COOL.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT ONE, A REAL SARPY COUNTY HUGE MUSHROOM CAME FLYING OUT.

WHAT IS IT?

>> UNFORTUNATELY, THAT ONE I CAN'T SAY.

IT'S GOT A LOT OF SURFACE MOLD ON IT.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE AN OLDER ONE, SO I'M NOT SURE ON THAT ONE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIRD ONE HERE IS THESE SHROOMS GROW IN THE YARD FROM MID-SUMMER TO MID-FALL.

WHAT ARE THEY?

>> BE NICE TO HAVE A PICTURE OF THE UNDERSIDE.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO LOOK SPONGY, AND IF IT IS, IT'S AN ASH BOLETE.

>> OKAY, AND THEN THIS IS ALL THE WAY OUT AT SCOTTS BLUFF COMING UP IN THE TURF.

>> IT'S A TYPE OF HAY MAKER MUSHROOM, SO THESE CAN BE TOXIC.

SO I -- JUST BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE PETS.

>> OR AN OLDER ONE.

>> ALL RIGHT, AND TWO PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS GLENWOOD, IOWA.

AND THAT'S A SIZE 13 SHOE.

>> THAT'S DINNER.

[ LAUGHTER ] SO, NO.

>> NOT THE SHOE.

>> NO.

YEAH, NOT THE SHOE THOUGH.

NO, THIS IS A SULFUR SHELF MUSHROOM.

AND ALSO CALLED "CHICKEN OF THE WOODS."

IT IS A LITTLE FURTHER MATURE WHEN YOU FIND THEM YOUNGER SOMETIMES PEOPLE DO -- THEY ARE CONSIDERED EDIBLE.

BUT I WOULD BE VERY CAREFUL AND JUST NEVER REALLY RECOMMEND EATING ANYTHING THAT YOU COLLECT LIKE THAT UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

KELLY, WE ONLY HAVE TIME FOR ABOUT ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

>> OKAY.

>> THIS IS A FREMONT VIEWER.

HAS A POLAR BLACKBERRY BUSH THAT'S 8 YEARS OLD.

BLOOMS FLOWERS BUT THE FRUIT NEVER MATURES.

>> UH-HUH.

OKAY.

>> WONDERS ABOUT THE SOIL OR -- >> ALL RIGHT.

MY GUESS WOULD BE POLLENATION ISSUES.

AGAIN, WITH THE -- IT COULD BE THE HEAT.

IT COULD BE A LACK OF POLLENATORS.

YOU KNOW, THAT -- THOSE -- THE FLOWER, AND WHEN IT'S REALLY, REALLY HOT, THE POLLEN WON'T STICK TO THAT STIGMA VERY WELL.

AND SO THEN, YOU DON'T GET THE FERTILIZATION OF THE FLOWER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SO -- AND BY THE WAY, IF OUR VIEWERS DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT HAS THE NAME, "POLAR," BECAUSE IT'S A WHITE BLACKBERRY, WHICH IS, SORT OF, INTERESTING ON THAT ONE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR "BACKYARD FARMER" TONIGHT.

WE DO WANT TO SAY THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO SUBMITTED A QUESTION.

ONCE AGAIN, TO OUR PANELISTS FOR ANOTHER INTERESTING SHOW.

HELPING US ON THE PHONE THIS EVENING, WE HAD GEORGE MALY, CAROL RUSTAD AND EXTENSION EDUCATOR, TERRI JAMES.

NEXT TIME ON "BACKYARD FARMER," WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU A FANTASTIC MIDDLE SCHOOL GARDEN IN HASTINGS.

TEACHERS, STUDENTS, AND PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY HAVE REALLY MADE THIS A SPECIAL PLACE.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HEAR FROM SCOTT EVANS ABOUT SOLUTIONS TO ALL THOSE TOMATO PROBLEMS.

SO, GOOD NIGHT, GOOD GARDENING.

WE'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK RIGHT HERE ON "BACKYARD FARMER."

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